The Romans Topic Enrichment Pack

Explore ancient Rome and its many marvels with this cross-curricular pack designed to captivate and inspire your Year 3/4 children! This The Romans KS2 Topic Enrichment Pack offers seven exciting lessons across Computing, DT, PE and Special People, all thoughtfully designed to help your class build essential skills while delving into this fascinating period of history.

Your class will:

• Create a database of Roman gods and goddesses
• Use fabric to make a Roman purse, and design and create a Roman shield
• Play the Roman ball game, Harpastum, and use athletic activities to experience the way a Roman soldier trained
• Explore the life and actions of Julius Caesar, and how he is remembered today.

Whether you’re looking to enrich your existing Romans topic or deliver a mini cross-curricular project, this pack provides everything you need—lesson plans, slides, activity sheets and resources—ready to download and teach.

Why not upgrade to our Ancient Romans Topic Bundle – perfect if you're looking for a cross-curricular approach to your teaching.

Databases

Children look at data presented as a jumble of sentences and displayed in a database. They compare the two and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both. Children will then take information and present it in a database using software such as Excel or similar.

This Databases KS2 lesson pack includes an easy-to-follow plan, a set of PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources.

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Roman Purses

Use this Roman Purses KS2 DT lesson to challenge your Year 3 or Year 4 class to work with fabric as they design, make and evaluate their own Roman purses.

The provided slideshow guides your class through the process of making a simple Roman coin purse using a series of simple steps. During their independent work, they can then design and make their own Roman purse, putting their own twist on the basic design, before evaluating their finished products.

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Roman Shields

In this Roman Shields KS2 DT lesson for Year 3 and Year 4, your class will take a look at some Roman shields (called scutum), looking at size, patterns and colours. They are then challenged to design, make and evaluate Roman shields of their own, considering what materials, tools and equipment they will need to complete their designs.

With the lesson plan, slideshow, printable worksheets and other resources all provided, this Roman Shields KS2 lesson will have them making Roman shields in no time!

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Harpastum

Teach your Year 3 or Year 4 children to play the Roman ball game of harpastum in this Romans PE lesson for KS2! Your class will learn about this popular Roman game and explore how to play a more modern (and slightly less violent!) version themselves.

This ready-to-teach lesson comes prepared with a detailed lesson a plan and a helpful slideshow presentation that goes through the rules of harpastum. Please note that printable resources are not required for this lesson.

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Roman Soldier Training

Your Year 3 or Year 4 class will undertake some Roman soldier training in this lesson as they are taken back to the Campus of ancient Rome to find out what was physically required to train a Roman soldier! The provided slideshow gives your class a brief overview of Roman soldier training before challenging them to undertake a variety of physical challenges to see how well they would have fared as a Roman soldier.

This fun PE lesson provides everything you need to deliver this lesson, including a detailed lesson plan, slideshow and a range of printable resources to help support and challenge your Roman soldiers.

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Julius Caesar

Captivate your KS2 class with this lesson about the life and actions of Julius Caesar, which examines his rise to power and how he is remembered today - as a hero, a villain, or something in between.

After reflecting on why people from the past are remembered, children will explore who Julius Caesar was by learning about key facts in his life, including his rise to power, his military victories, and how he tried to improve the lives of Roman citizens. During class discussions and in their independent activities, children will discuss and decide whether Caesar’s actions make him a hero, a villain, or both, using evidence from his life.

This Julius Caesar KS2 lesson pack contains everything you need for a thought-provoking lesson - a detailed plan, a set of informative and engaging PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources to support your class in their independent learning.

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